Building-partition.



J. MULARKEY. BUILDING PARTITION.

APPLICATION FILED DBC. 9, 15H3.

L @py v Patented Septf,

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B'lLDl'NG-PBTTION.

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in the art lo n'hieli it appertains to malte and use the saine,referenceoeing had to tile aceozngr.; ung drawings, and to the lettersand figures olz reference marked thereon, wliieli forni a part nl thisspecification.

lily invention relates to building parti-- tions, and more particularlyto a partiilon compris' spaced studs having' plaster vertical edges;llie principal object of the present invention beingr to provide simpleand conrenient means for attaching tlie plaster board to the studding.

In accomplishing this object l have provided improved details ofstrneure, tire preerred form of which is illustrated in theaccompanying' drawings, wher-ein- Figure l is a perspective vievvY of apartition constructed according to niy invention. Fig. ll a horizontalsection of the sanie. Fig. Hl is e side elevation of a portion of one of*die studs with fastener members rnouned thereon. lV an enlarged detailperspecive viewof one oi" tile fastening members.

Referring more in detail to ille par-tsr- 1 designates the floor and 2the ceiling` in a, building tln is divided into separare rooms orcompartments by my improved partition.

Extending along the partiticn lines; and fitted totlie i'locr andceiling' in rerrieal :dinenient :ire ripper and lower channel ironsextending vertically therebetween, are I- oeains 5a eacli for-ined olftwo Channel irons' arranged back to limit. and ,veirnanenr connected byrivets or ille lil-:e l'.

Located between the rlninncl iroi 'i :t-Mains are fasteners 5:: eef-lipre-,fera prising :i

i single piece of slwet nieta opposite ends projecting from of the-beani and having it body portion fined in die -beain by the rivet T iwhich encliors the -beams. l

@ne en d of each of the fastening members 8 is pref rably provided witha single point 'i0 and the opposite end with a pair of spaced points l1,and the arrangement of the fastenere in each studding is preferably suchthat the single points alternate with the double points on the same sideof the studding for the purpose presently described.

lt is' a Well known fact that the plaster board ordinarily used forpartition Work isA substantially twice the length of the space betweenthe studding, so that the center of each board overlies one of thepartition studs, While its ends overlie portion of alternate studs.

ln order to fasten the board permanently to the studdinfr, l haveprovided the fasterers 8, heretofore described, and provide the doublepointed ends in order that the ends opposite sides or' the points ll sothat one of the points may fold over one or' the boardsand the oppositepoint fold in the opposite direction over the other board to hold bothboards in place.

ll'itli the alternate arrangement` of the single and double pointsonlthe same side of the partition, the double points may be folded asdescribed`V so that both of the spacer boards may be iield by the samefas- Iener and the single points may alternate over tlie two boards, toassist the double points in holding the boards in place.

in erecting n partition Wirth my improvements the stndding erected inthe usual rnanner and the plaster board applied loy placing eaclilim-rrd across one 'of the studs, so that its ends may lie against thealternate studs and against the sides of the projecting points of thefasteners on suoli alternate studs. The plaster board is tlien forcedagrainsi the projecting points of the fastening members on the middlestud 'untiltlie points penetrate the lioard to enable the latter to seatflatly against the studding. The points o *die fasteners on theintermediate stud are tlien folded over the board and the single anddouble fasteners on the alternate studs Jfolded thereover, asillustrated in the drawing, to perinanently'atjtacli the board to thestudding.

li; is apparent that after the board has 1eeen attached to the studding,plaster may be applied thereto to complete the partition the jolnts ofthe boards at opposite sides of single point at one end and a. doublepointA the partition being preferably broken in orat the opposite end,with the single and A der to form a more rigid wall. double pom'tsalternating at the same side Having thus described my inventmn', what ofthel partition. I daim as new therein, and desire to secure In testimonywhereof I affix myrsignature 1o by Letters-Patent, is in presence of twowitnesses. A partition( comprising studding having JAMES MULARKEY..

fastening members permanently secured Witnesses: i

thereto, each fastening member bein formed ARTHUR U. CAPS.4

10 from` a single piece of sheet metal, aving e L. E. CoA'rs.

